The Braley Blog
“Pete’s Daily Connection”
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Raising Grampy And Carson’s First Super Bowl
Hello peoples! It’s me, Carson. How was your week? Well we had the Super Bowl thing last week. My peoples watched it on the television. I don’t think I ever saw a bowl. Mommy and daddy took me over early and everyone was getting excited for the game. Grammy was there and Grampy was in…
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What Else Can We Put On A Pizza?
“Back in my day” when you ordered a pizza you got a cheese pizza or maybe pepperoni. Here in the New Bedford area we often enjoy a linguica pizza. For those that don’t know, linguica is a Portuguese sausage. Google says it’s a smoked pork sausage with garlic, paprika and chili. Somewhere a Portuguese grandmother…
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”Raising Grampy” and Carson’s First Snow!
Hello peoples! It’s me, Carson. Have you seen all this snow stuff? I think it’s pretty cool! Mommy and daddy? Not so thrilled! Oh and Grampy? You could say I have a Grumpy Grampy. My Auntie Rachel got me a sled and it was so much fun! Let’s see, what else has been going on?…
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Random Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday
I stopped for gas the other day and the GSTV (Gas Station Television) wasn’t working. I don’t know why. Maybe it was too cold? I actually had to pump gas and had nothing to entertain me for three whole minutes! I used to think those tv screens on the pumps were stupid until I realized…
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“Eat The Frog First.” Wait. What?
I was listening to the radio the other day when the host brought up a quote. He said it was originally coined by Mark Twain and it said… “Eat the frog first.” Naturally what I did next was try to confirm it. I find myself doing that more and more these days with just about…
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Do Kids Play Outside Like We Did? And If Not, Why?
We had a question on the radio show this week: “What’s an outdoor game you played as a kid that children no longer play today?” My answer was “Jarts” or whatever the lawn dart game was called. I used to love that game until somebody decided it wasn’t safe. Personally I never got impaled by…
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”Raising Grampy” and Carson’s First Christmas
Hello Peoples! It’s me, Carson. I hope you had a Merry Christmas! I did…now that I know what a Christmas is. At Christmas, I discovered that it’s a time when you decorate your house with stuff, bring a tree inside and put lights outside. It’s also the time that Grampy watches a lot of TV shows…
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My Resolutions For 2026
I’ve never been one to seriously make any New Year Resolutions. Every year I seemed to make the same ones: Eat better, exercise more and get more sleep. Then I would stay up too late, eat junk food and be too tired to go to the gym. This year I did make a list: This…
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It’s Almost Christmas! – Raising Grampy
Hello Peoples! It’s me, Carson. Grampy says there are only 4 more days until Christmas! I have no idea what that means but he seems pretty excited! I went Christmas shopping with Mommy and Grampy the other day. Grampy said he needed one or two more things for Grammy. He liked these Christmas socks. Oh, was…
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Thanksgiving Was Nice! What’s Next? “Raising Grampy”
Hello peoples! It’s me, Carson. Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? I did. Now that I know what a Thanksgiving is. All that food and all they gave me was a napkin. Oh well. My week started with mommy taking me to work. I think I told you that she is an Athletic Trainer at…